Bibliography

The Cenotaph, London, 1919Photograph by Tim Skelton

Books About the Life & Work of Sir Edwin Lutyens

This is only a small selection of the books available with work by Sir Edwin. Most are out of print but may be obtained through your library service. For second-hand copies try www.abebooks.co.uk or www.bibliofind.com. Some had very limited print runs – as few as 250 copies in some cases – so expect second-hand copies to reflect this.

This is only a small selection of the books available with work by Sir Edwin. Most are out of print but may be obtained through your library service. For second-hand copies try www.abebooks.co.uk or www.bibliofind.com. Some had very limited print runs – as few as 250 copies in some cases – so expect second-hand copies to reflect this.

Irving, Robert Grant
‘Architecture for Empire’s Sake: Lutyens Palace for Delhi.’ Perspecta 18 (1982): 7-23
‘Indian Summer The Making of New Delhi’, Yale University Press 1981
‘Jaipur House’, Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, 8 April 1938, pp 372-73

Jeffery, Keith
‘An English Barrack in the Oriental Seas? India in the aftermath of the First World War’. Modern Asian Studies 15 (1981): 369-86

This is only a small selection of the books available with work by Sir Edwin. Most are out of print but may be obtained through your library service. For second-hand copies try www.abebooks.co.uk or www.bibliofind.com. Some had very limited print runs – as few as 250 copies in some cases – so expect second-hand copies to reflect this.

Lutyens, Robert (with Greenwood, Harold )
‘Architecture: a guide to those who are considering it as a career’, London People Universities Press 1948
‘An Understanding of Architecture’, London People Universities Press 1948

Documentaries

2. Nature Perfected, the story of the Garden,
Gardens of Conquest, Documentary on Mughal Gardens leading to the Rashtrapati Bhavan narrated by Bill Travers (21.20 minutes on other gardens, 3.20 minutes on Rashtrapati Bhavan) – Channel 4, 1990

ABOUT US

The Lutyens Trust America is an educational, non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing appreciation, study, and conservation of the works of internationally renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, O.M, K.C.I.E, P.R.A, who died on New Year’s Day 1944.